Huta Pieniacka - History

History

On February 28, 1944 almost all the villagers of Polish ethnic background were murdered and the village razed during the Huta Pieniacka massacre in a planned action by the II Battalion of the 4th regiment of the SS Freiwilligen Division "Galizien" under the command of Włodzimierz Czerniawski.

Huta Pieniacka monument to victims of the World War II massacre



Coordinates: 49°54′07″N 25°05′56″E / 49.902°N 25.099°E / 49.902; 25.099

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